diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b564e13551..001bb24219 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ fsspec[http]>=2021.05.0, !=2021.06.0
 tensorboard>=2.2.0, !=2.5.0  # 2.5.0 GPU CI error: 'Couldn't build proto file into descriptor pool!'
 torchmetrics>=0.3.2
 pyDeprecate==0.3.1
-packaging
+packaging>=17.0
 typing-extensions  # TypedDict support for python<3.8